The Valley - A Hundred Years in the Life of a Yorkshire Family

The close-knit villages of the Dearne Valley were home to four generations of the Hollingworth family. Spanning Richard Benson's great-grandmother Winnie's ninety-two years in the valley, and drawing on years of historical research, interviews and anecdotes, The Valley lets us into generations of carousing and banter as the family's attempts to build a better and fairer world for themselves meet sometimes with triumph, sometimes with bitter defeat. Against a backdrop of underground explosions, strikes and pit closures, these are unflinching, deeply personal stories of battles between the sexes in a man's world sustained by strong women; of growing up, and the power of love and imagination to transform lives.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Benson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9781408831632
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-3163-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Yorkshire, HISTORY / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, Local History, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Family History & Genealogy, family memoir; Yorkshire; The Farm; intergenerational